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8:15 AM-10:30 AM |
222.0 MetDESK Workshop: Your Dependent With Special Needs-Making Their Future More Secure |
| Brian Finn |
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11:00 AM-12:15 PM |
| 201.0 Creating a Supportive Home and Community for the ASD Family |
| Kristi Sakai and Lisa A. Lieberman |
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| 203.0 Assessment and Treatment of Joint Atention Deficits in Young Children with Autism |
| Rebecca MacDonald |
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| 205.0 Computer Assisted Improvement of Social and Executive Functioning in Asperger’s Disorder |
| Ronald Calvanio, Gary Mesibov and Clare O'Callaghan |
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| 207.0 Entering the Maze: Getting Answers, Getting Help, Getting Going |
| Nancy D. Wiseman |
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| 208.0 The Health Belief Model and Prediction of Parents’ Choices of Autism Treatment |
| Hal E. Wildman |
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| 209.0 We Are Family: Parents on the Spectrum Speak Out |
| Valerie Paradiz, Sondra K. Williams, Lisa Janice Cohen, Phil Schwarz, Dena Gassner, Jerry Natowitz and Michael Bourke |
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| 211.0 CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH ASD |
| Matthew Goodwin, James Bodfish and Cooper Woodard |
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| 213.0 Our Life In A Nutty Shell II, More Living With Autism and Loving It |
| Carolyn A. Gammicchia, Andrew W. Gammicchia, Alexander S. Gammicchia and Nicholas C. Gammicchia |
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| 215.0 The Autism-Mercury Connection |
| James Adams |
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| 217.0 Mama Told Me There'd Be Days Like This.....But Not How Many :( |
| Herman T. Fishbein |
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| 219.0 Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders and the ASA Conference |
| Cathy Pratt |
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| 221.0 Meeting and Maintaining Employer Expectations: Employment Success through a Business Perspective |
| Jamie K. Douglas, Richard D. Alcantara, Joseph A. Bendas and Gerald F. Ford |
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12:00 PM-1:30 PM |
| Making Small Talk: How to Help Children Have Conversations and Make Friends |
| Fern Sussman |
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1:30 PM-2:45 PM |
| 223.0 Autism Technology Panel Discussion: Overview of Products, Best Practices, Research, & Future Directions |
| Karl W. Smith, Robert Stromer and Ron Oberleitner |
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| 223.0 Silver Lining Multimedia Presentation |
| Janet Hopkins |
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| 223.0 Social Skill Builders |
| Laurie Jacobs |
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| 223.0 Talk Autism |
| Ron Oberleitner |
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| 223.0 Technology to Aid in Data Collection for Children with Autism |
| Julie Kientz |
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| 225.0 ASD Awareness Kits and Disability Awareness Workshops, Preschool through Adult Hands-On Learning |
| Lisa Kowalski |
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| 227.0 Educating Students with the Most Significant Disabilities |
| Cathy Pratt and Kristie Lofland |
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| 229.0 Autism Orientation for Faith Based Communities: Communication, Creativity, and Compassion |
| Kim R. Newgass and Sara Reed |
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| 231.0 Navigating the way from self-contained placement towards greater inclusion in high school |
| Lisa A. Lieberman and Jordan R. Ackerson |
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| 233.0 Using video and multi-media technology to teach children with autism |
| E. Amanda Boutot |
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| 235.0 Can’t or Won’t and what can we do about it. |
| Julie A. Donnelly |
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| 237.0 The Catching-up Years Growing Old With Autism: Help For Families |
| Elizabeth (Liz) Roth and Audrey I. Horne |
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| 238.0 Explaining Autism to Children: Considerations, Activities and Resources |
| Patricia E. Crissey |
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| 239.0 How To Guide for Parents: Practical Strategies for Managing Home Issues |
| Anne S. Holmes and Nina Finkler |
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| 241.0 Vocational Rehabilitation Services for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| Anna Penn Hundley, Stephen M. Shore, Mike Smith and Ruth Christ Sullivan |
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| 243.0 Linking Emotional Stress with Oxidative Stress: Therapeutic Implications |
| George Lambert, June Groden, Woody R. McGinnis and Matthew Goodwin |
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| 245.0 A Comprehensive Approach to the Prevention of Bullying |
| Diane Twachtman-Cullen |
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| 247.0 Functional Analysis: Why we should use it and how it is done |
| Eileen Roscoe, Bill A. Ahearn and Jason C. Bourret |
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| 249.0 Recovery Is a Possibility With Successful Biomedical Interventions |
| Jeff Bradstreet |
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| 251.0 Building a State Support Infrastructure for Students with Autism in Rhode Island |
| Sue Constable and Amy Grattan |
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3:15 PM-4:30 PM |
| 253.0 Evidence-Based Standards: How They Work in Existing Residential Programs for Adults with Autism |
| Ruth Christ Sullivan, Mike Smith and Anna Penn Hundley |
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| 255.0 FOSTERING RESILIENCE, OPTIMISM, AND OTHER CHARACTER STRENGTHS: APPLYING POSTITIVE PSYCHOLOGY TO AUTISM |
| June Groden, Cooper Woodard, Jeffrey Jardin, Amy Rice and Ayelet Kantor |
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| 257.0 Speaking for Ourselves: Individuals on the Autism Spectrum Panel |
| Julie A. Donnelly |
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| 259.0 My Grandchild has Autism... Now What?? |
| John Shouse |
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| 261.0 Statewide Autism Training for Law Enforcement and First Responders |
| Elizabeth H. Thompson and Judge Kimberly S. Taylor |
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| 263.0 Dreams for Today, Success for Tomorrow: Planning for a Successful College Experience for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum |
| Lynda Geller |
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| 265.0 Building Social Relationship: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents with ASD |
| Scott Bellini |
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| 267.0 Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others: Disability Awareness Programming and the Timelines Project |
| Tracy M. Parent and Ben Dorman |
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| 268.0 Toilet Brushes and Tarantulas: Understanding the Special Interests of Children with Asperger's |
| Mary Ann Winter-Messiers and Cindy Herr |
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| 269.0 Ten things you need to know when your child turns 18 |
| Jaime B. Parent and Bryan D. Parent |
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| 271.0 Annual Meeting of the Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs (NATTAP) |
| Cathy Pratt, Barbara Becker-Cottrill and Shawn A. Henry |
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| 273.0 Fostering Mutual Friendships - The Friend 2 Friend Model |
| Heather McCracken |
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| 275.0 Asperger Syndrome: A Study of Characteristics in progress at the University of Kansas |
| Sheila M. Smith and Brenda Smith Myles |
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| 277.0 Autism Network for Individuals with Hearing and Visual Impairments |
| Margaret P. Creedon, Carol Schall, Terese Pawletko and Dolores Bartel |
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| 279.0 It’s Not Just for Fun Anymore: Innovations in Play and Leisure Skill Development |
| Diane Twachtman-Cullen, Svany Svavars Kristjansson and Jennifer Twachtman-Reilly |
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| 281.0 From Echolalia to Social Cognition: Unique Communication Interventions |
| Arlene Dworkin Kaye |
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5:00 PM-6:15 PM |
| 287.0 Town Hall Meeting for Those on the Spectrum |
| Stephen M. Shore |
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10:45 AM-12:00 PM |
| 301.0 The Teacher Theory: The Thrive Vx. Struggle to Survive Phenomenon of Students with ASD |
| Carol Ann Gray and Whitney Mitchell Krusniak |
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| 302.0 Women with Autism Differences SPEAK |
| Dena Gassner, Sondra K. Williams, Kassiane A. Sibley, Brigid A. Rankowski, Valerie Paradiz and Temple Grandin |
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| 303.0 All Residential Services Are Not Created Equal...What Makes a Quality Program? |
| Vicki L. Isler, Thomas P. McCool, Phil Blevins, Janice Cline, David L. Holmes, Kelly L. Schoen and Joel Smith |
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| 304.0 For Fathers Only |
| James Ball |
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| 305.0 God Does Not Make Garbage: A Live Performance |
| Chris Rials-Seitz and Johnny Seitz |
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| 307.0 Using the Procedural Knowledge Profile © To Establish Communication Goals and Objectives |
| Howard Shane, Sharon Weiss-Kapp, Debra Mandell, Jeffery Richards and Rebecca Fleisch Cordeiro |
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| 308.0 Ten Essential Skills to Learn Now for a Safe, Independent Life |
| Emily D. Iland |
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| 309.0 Bringing You Protected Tomorrows: Creating the Future Care Plan for Family Member with Special Needs |
| Mary Anne Ehlert |
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| 311.0 Transition to Adult Life: The Delaware Model |
| Warren K. Ellis, Alexis Hackett, Katina Demetriou and Theda Ellis |
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| 313.0 When My Autism Gets Too Big! |
| Kari Dunn Buron |
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| 315.0 Developing Flexibility: Strategies that Help Regulate Intensive Emotional Reactions |
| Judith A. Coucouvanis |
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| 317.0 Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) in Nova Scotia: A community-based early intervention model |
| Daniel Openden, Susan E. Bryson, Isabel M. Smith, Robert Koegel and Lynn Kern Koegel |
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| 319.0 Improving Crime Victim Assistance for Individuals with Autism |
| Catriona Johnson and Carolyn A. Gammicchia |
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| 321.0 Facilitating Friendships Between Children With ASD And Their Peers |
| Tara Tuchel, Jamie Lowell and William Roberts |
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1:45 PM-3:00 PM |
| 325.0 The Parent As An Advocate In The Medical Insurance Context |
| Marla Kraus |
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| 327.0 Issues and Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension in Individuals with ASD |
| Phyllis Kupperman, Alyssa Capeling, Mary Moreno, Christina Rees and Karen Supel |
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| 329.0 Puberty, Hygeine and Sexuality in Adolescence |
| Chantal Sicile-Kira and Stephen M. Shore |
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| 331.0 Lighting the Way to a New Society: Leading Others to Inclusive Communities |
| Barbara T. Doyle |
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| 333.0 10 Strategies for Creating a Successful Day for a Person with ASD |
| Ronda L. Schelvan and Terri Cooper Swanson |
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| 335.0 Reinforcement Is Not a Four-Letter Word! |
| Richard B. Graff, Heather Morrison and Iser G. DeLeon |
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| 337.0 Adults with Autism: What Does the Future Hold? |
| Ruth Christ Sullivan, Michael Grady and Jimmie Beirne |
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| 338.0 Answering the Call: Meeting the Challenge of Leading Autism Programs |
| Christine Reeve and Susan Kabot |
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| 339.0 Illuminating the Connection Between Sensory Integration Treatment and Improvements in Language Comprehension |
| Jennifer Twachtman-Reilly and Patrecia Zebrowski |
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| 341.0 Individualized toilet training programs for children with autism spectrum disorders |
| Greg Valcante |
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| 343.0 Environmental Factors in Developmental Disabilities: The Emerging Science |
| Martha Herbert, Mady Hornig and Ted Schettler |
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| 345.0 Autism and Epilepsy: New developments in treatment |
| Peter A. Bridgman |
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3:30 PM-4:45 PM |
| 347.0 P.S. 176 - An Exemplary Public School Program for Students with Autism |
| Rosemary A. Petrovich, Rima Ritholtz and Elena Talamo-Mirabal |
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| 349.0 The F.R.I.E.N.D. Program |
| Sharman E. Ober-Reynolds and Sheri Dollin |
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| 351.0 Using Interactive Video Teleconferencing to Support Families of Young Children with Autism |
| Jeffrey F. Hine and Danielle R. Liso |
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| 353.0 Beyond High School: Aspergers Syndrome, Autism and Transition to Higher Education |
| Carol Schall |
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| 355.0 Translating Clinical Practice into Technology: New Insights into Autism Intervention |
| Kathleen A. Quill |
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| 357.0 Learning from the Inside Out |
| Martha H. Ziegler, Robert Millburne and Ann Lyon |
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| 359.0 Navigating to Effective Inervention: An innovative Model Lights the Way Using parent Education, Coaching and Support |
| Margaret Whelan and Neil Walker |
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| 361.0 Challenging Behaviors and Young Children with ASD: Perspectives on Prevention and Intervention. |
| Glen Dunlap |
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| 363.0 Social Story™ Movies: Converting Printed Stories to Highly Dynamic Videos |
| Mark Shelley and Carol Ann Gray |
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| 365.0 Individual Tutoring Programs: A Model for Evidence-Based Short-Term Skill Acquisition |
| Kimberly A. Kroeger and Rena Sorensen-Burnworth |
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| 367.0 Enzymes:Application To Dietary Protocols in Autism |
| Devin Houston |
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| 368.0 Accessing Services Through the Courts |
| david l. Holmes and ira Fingles |
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| 369.0 Self-Advocacy for Teens and Young Adults with Autism |
| Kathy Kelchner, Ken Kellam and Mark Sachnik |
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8:15 AM-9:30 AM |
| 401.0 Total Communication: Experience From a Center-Based ABA Early Childhood Program |
| Aletta Sinoff, Leslie V. Sinclair, Deborah Factora and Stacy Powell |
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| 403.0 I Want Computer |
| Jo Meyer |
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| 405.0 Theory of a Different Kind of Mind: Understanding Autistic Thinking |
| Lars Perner, Gerald (Jerry) Newport, Phil Schwarz, Julie Herndon, Charlie Collura and Leonora Gregory-Collura |
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| 407.0 Autism, Stress, and Movements Differences: Supporting Individuals Through Relationships |
| Anne Donnellan, Martha Leary and Jodi Patterson Robledo |
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| 408.0 Enhancing Language, Cognition, and Social Reasoning through Systematic Grammar Training |
| Katharine Beals |
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| 409.0 Meaningful relationships: the development and improvement of social skills in children with autism. |
| Ilene S. Schwartz, Christopher D. Jones and Rina-Marie Leon-Guerrero |
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| 411.0 Autism, Asperger's and Adolescence: Life at the Time of Puberty |
| Alyson Beytien |
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| 413.0 Lost and Found: Discovering Asperger Syndrome After 50 |
| Dania Jekel, Bekan Knox, Mark Goodman, John Rekemeyer, Jamie Freed and John Halpern |
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| 415.0 The Autistic Family Life Cycle: Family Stress and Divorce |
| William M. Bolman |
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| 417.0 Is It Autism or ? Accurate Assessment by Practitioners |
| Terry Overton, Cheryl Fielding and Alonzo Andrews |
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| 419.0 Educational Resources for Children with ASD and their Families |
| Gail R. Houle |
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| 421.0 To Speak or Not To Speak: Balancing Speech Production and Communication Goals |
| Jennifer Twachtman-Reilly |
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10:00 AM-11:15 AM |
| 423.0 Empowering Parents to Advocate for Real Educational Benefit under the Reauthorized IDEA 2004 |
| Glenn R. Friedemann, Mark W. Dana, Gail K. Weisberger, Merrill J. Friedemann and Karen D. Vessella |
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| 425.0 The Role Of Spirituality In The Lives Of Individuals With Asperger's Syndrome |
| Janet E. Graetz and Nick Dubin |
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| 427.0 Writer's Workshop For All Writers With ASD Subjects |
| Stephen M. Shore, Chantal Sicile-Kira, Valerie Paradiz, Gerald (Jerry) Newport and Lisa Janice Cohen |
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| 429.0 Communication Environments – Giving Children a Reason to Communicate! |
| Teresa A. Cardon |
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| 431.0 Partner Classrooms- Coming Soon to a School Near You! |
| Amy S. Geckeler, Daryl A. Rynning and William L. Holcomb |
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| 433.0 Special Trusts for Special People |
| Mark B. Heffner and Neal A. Winston |
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| 435.0 Teaching Nonverbal Children with ASD To Speak |
| Martha B. Weiner |
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| 437.0 Hyperlexia and Autism: How Theory of Mind Relates to Reading Comprehension. |
| Dawn A. Holman |
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| 438.0 Applied Behavior Analysis: Beyond Discrete Trial Teaching |
| Caroline Gomez |
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| 439.0 We Are Family! Parents and Professionals Educating Each Other |
| Joanne G. Quinn, Connie R. Rinehart and Cheryl Cotter |
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| 441.0 Evidence-based Practices and Autism: The National Standards Project |
| Susan M. Wilczynski |
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| 443.0 Behavioral Intervention in the School Setting |
| Sheri S. Dollin and Rachel A. McIntosh |
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12:15 PM-1:30 PM |
| 445.0 Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Disorder |
| Kelley Harrison Pistacchio |
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| 449.0 Keeping Ourselves Safe: Strategies for Coping with Social Danger |
| Zosia Zaks |
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| 451.0 Classroom and Communication Skills Program |
| Megan Ahlers and Colleen Zillich (nee Hannigan) |
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| 453.0 Social Skills as Essential Components of Positive Behavior Plans |
| Todd Kellogg, Kristin Guiffra and Susan G. Izeman |
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| 455.0 Incorporating Visuals in the Education of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| Shelley Green |
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| 457.0 Get a HANDLE on Autism: A Systems Approach to Sensory Processing Challenges |
| Judith Bluestone |
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| 461.0 Preparing for the Real World of Work |
| Chantal Sicile-Kira and Stephen M. Shore |
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| 463.0 Identifying Systems that Work: Conversations with Providers and Consumers |
| Ilene S. Schwartz |
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| 465.0 How to Establish a Strong Relationship Between Vocational Rehabilitation and the Autism Community |
| Jill Hinton Keel, Elizabeth H. Thompson, Matthew B. Thompson and Jo Perkins |
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| 468.0 Now What? Interventions Following the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| Jean M. Slater |
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1:45 PM-3:15 PM |
| 475.0 Closing Keynote Session |
| V. Mark Durand |
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